Hair curler



Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES OSCAR L. SMITH, OF RYLDAL, PENNSYLVANIA. ASSIGNOR TO PENNRIVET CORPORA- PATENT OFFICE.

TION, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

HAIR. CURLER.

Application filed. April 15, 1924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR L. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rydal, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improvementin Hair Curlers, of which thefollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, isa specification, like characters on the drawings re presenting likeparts.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers for curling orwaving hair, and more particularly has reference to hair curlers of thetype comp-rising two arms pivotally connected at one end and having alocking device for holding the free ends of the two arms in closedposition when the hair has been wound upon one of the arms.

It has been proposed heretofore to make hair curlers from a single pieceof metal one arm of which is flexible and springs away from the otherarm to a limited degree, but in such proposed construction the flexiblearm is more or less in the way while the hair is being wound around theother arm. By pivotally connecting the arms as in the present device onearm may be swung to such an angle to the other that it will be entirelyout of the way while hair is being wound upon the other arm.

In hair curlers of the type of the present invention the arm. upon whichthe hair is wound should have a rounded contour that is free from edgesthat might injure or break the hair wound thereon.

Having the above matters in mind, the present invention relates to ahair curler consisting of a hair receiving rod of rounded contour incross-section and having an end portion bent to form a pivot thatextends though a flat arm of spring metal and pivotally secures the flatarm to the hair receiving rod.

Thevarious features of the invention will best be made clear from thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the hair curler of the present inventionwith the pivoted arms disposed at an angle to each other.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the pifiOtBd arms of Fig. 1 swungtoward each ot er.

Serial No. 706,672.

Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale shows the The arms are pivotally connectedso that one may be swung to diiferent angular positions relative to theother. The pivotal connection between the two arms preferably is in theform of a stiff joint so that the arms will remain at any angularposition to which they are adjusted, and the pivotal connection isformed by bending an end portion. of the rod 1 at right angles to theaxis of the rod to form a pivot pin 3 that extends through a hole formedin the flat arm 2 I near one end. The pivot pin 3 is secured in the holeof the flat arm by providing shoulders 1- and 5 upon the pin thatengages the opposite faces of the flat arm. The end portion of the rod 1provided with the pivot pin is bent to form a bulging loop 6. This loo-pmakes it possible to position the pivot pin 3 in substantial alignmentwith the axis of the rod 1 so that the flat flexible arm will lie closeto the rod 1, and it also avoids bending the rod 1 at a. sharp angle informing the pivot pin 3. The loop 6 is further desirable in that itforms a clearance space between the arms 1 and 2 adjacent the pivot sothat danger of the hair being caught between the two arms at the pivotis avoided, and by forming the pivot pin as an integral part of the rod1 a simple and satisfactory construction is provided.

The flat flexible arm 2 is provided with a locking end 7 which ispreferably formed by a folded over portion at the. free end of the arm.The locking means 7 has a notch 8 in the end portion 9 adapted toreceive the end of the bar 1 and lock the bar to the flexible arm withthe hair to be curled confined between the arms as shown.

What is claimed is 1. A hair curler formed of a solid stifl' hairreceiving rod. of rounded contour cross-section and presenting no edgesliable to break or injure the hair Wound thereon, and a separate fiatarm of spring nietal pi-votally secure-(l te vsaid rod by a tight jointformed bybending a. portion of the rod at right angles to its axis toform a pivot pin that extends through a h0le1in the flat flexible armand is secured therein by shoulders on the pivot pin at the oppositefaces of the flatarm, and a lock for connecting' the f-r'ee endsof theflexible arm and stiff rod;

*2. A hair curler formed ofa solid sti-fi. hair-receiving rod of roundedcontour in cross-section andp-resenting 11o edges liable to break or--iiijurethe hair Wound thereon,

and a separate flatarm of spring metal pivotally secured to therod byanintegral part of the rod consisting of an end portion of the rod bentto form "a bulging ,loop

from-which a portion of the rod extends at OSCAR L. SMITH.

